Synonyms of unreal

unreal

adjective

ˌən-ˈrē(-ə)l 

1

as in absurd

conceived or made without regard for reason or reality

an unreal claim that is distant from the slightest hint of truth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• absurd
• bizarre
• foolish
• insane
• crazy
• fantastic
• strange
• fanciful
• incredible
• ridiculous
• wild
• nonsensical
• preposterous
• unbelievable
• grotesque
• weird
• curious
• peculiar
• inconceivable
• off the wall
• odd
• funny
• unimaginable
• unthinkable
• implausible
• surreal
• extravagant
• eccentric
• ludicrous
• outlandish
• queer
• laughable
• quaint
• wacky
• dreamlike
• farcical
• quirky
• nightmarish
• kinky
• out-of-the-way
• screwy
• outré
• Alice-in-Wonderland
• far-out
• way-out
• kooky
• bizarro
• queerish
• Kafkaesque

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonable
• realistic

2

as in imaginary

not real and existing only in the imagination

the unreal world of TV sitcoms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imaginary
• fictitious
• fictional
• mythical
• imagined
• fantasied
• imaginal
• ideal
• phantom
• invented
• fantastic
• make-believe
• fanciful
• phantasmal
• chimerical
• phantasmic
• notional
• fabulous
• theoretical
• pretend
• unbelievable
• legendary
• visionary
• made-up
• unlikely
• romantic
• hypothetical
• abstract
• illusory
• deceptive
• fabled
• unconvincing
• delusive
• hallucinatory
• nonexistent
• delusional
• phantasmagoric
• visualized
• envisioned
• fictive
• conceived
• pictured
• envisaged
• concocted
• fabricated
• feigned
• inexistent
• daydreamlike

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• actual
• true
• existent
• genuine
• existing
• authentic
• factual
• realistic
• physical
• verifiable
• believable
• convincing
• substantial
• solid
• corporeal
• tangible
• material
• palpable
• verified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unreal

But some of these food prices are unreal. — Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026

After missing a penalty in the game’s third minute, Messi rebounded with a strike from 15 yards away in the 38th minute and an unreal dodge of multiple Austrian defenders for a second goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026

But the Miz buzz is a real next level, in part because of his age and unreal hot cheese. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 19 June 2026

God had never mandated sickness for His image and likeness, and I could not be fooled into feeling the effects of what was simply an unreal suggestion coming to thought. — Reece Schaberg, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2026